Items by Joshua Zaffos

In Western Colorado, locals burned by the oil shale boom
20 years ago are dubious about planned natural gas drilling on the
Roan Plateau, especially since the BLM unexpectedly dropped their
favorite plan

The Nevada Lahontan cutthroat trout, believed to be
extinct for 60 years, may still be alive, but actually restoring
the fish to its native Truckee River and Pyramid Lake could prove
extremely complicated

Montana’s Supreme Court rules that citizens and
government agencies can maintain water rights without "using" the
water, while the Wyoming Legislature stalls over a bill that would
allow irrigators to leave water instream temporarily.

November out West: The spectacle of changing leaves has
passed, the hills collecting snow are not yet blanketed in white,
and daylight savings brings night time all too soon. It may sound
innocent, but the season feels like a cruel and careless mistress
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